SkipperBud's Sequoit Harbor - Boating Superstore 1000 Illinois 173, Antioch, IL 60002

"My experience with SkipperBuds includes buying my first boat, taking delivery of the new boat, getting an informative on the water boat instruction of my new boat, dealing with a small warranty issue, and having my boat stored for the winter at their location. They are customer focused from end-to-end. Working with SkipperBuds Sequoit Harbor General Manager, Mr Anderson, has been a great experience. I appreciated his professionalism, leadership, and council. I attended the January 2023 Chicago Boat Show and met Betsey who was a tremendous resource. She answered my many questions as a first time boat buyer. After four hours working with me through the decision making process—between an outboard 17ft Bayliner M17 and a Starcraft SVX 171–with her steady help, I ordered the Starcraft. I couldn’t be happier with my boat choice. This boat has been a great addition to my family and has fit into our lifestyle of tubing, water skiing, and no wake sunset cruises with up to 10 family and friends, perfectly. The versatility of a deck boat like this is fantastic and is easy to trailer. Buying a new boat at one of the first boat shows of the year (Chicago) was key to an earlier delivery. Just as Skipperbuds had indicated in January at the show, the boat was delivered in April. I was given a fantastic on the water tour of the boat from Sequoit Harbor boat Captain Keith who did an awesome job answering all my questions and thoroughly showing me the capabilities of the boat to a new first-time boat owner. Despite a problem with the boat Indiana State registration we were able to find an amicable solution and I’m happy to recommend SkipperBuds should you need to buy a boat. Also working with the Skipperbuds GM was a very good experience following up on a small warranty issue with the boat’s Bimini. Within a few days I had the replacement part. In addition, I’m using them this winter to store the boat inside non-heated storage. Overall I’ve had a great experience with SkipperBuds and we love our new Starcraft!"

"I would not trust this company. I bought a boat 3 years ago and they never sent the state the taxes that I paid them. and now I am being sent to collections. After the first phone call, they did confirm that it would be taken care of. Clearly it wasn’t, and now i don’t get any return phone calls with collection letters from the state."

"Do not buy a boat from here! Terrible communication from the start. I bought a boat 2 years ago and they lost my titles for the boat and trailer so they never got sent to my lender. Now I’ve been trying to sell the boat for 4 months and I have not made any ground with them. They had to apply for duplicate titles and gave me no information regarding a time frame as to when they will get them. I wish I could give them -5 stars."

"Very nice boat facility with new and used boats. Sales people are fantastic"